FabSwingers.com forum: Spitfire? Hurricane?

By *hesbloke OP Man
20 weeks ago

Derbyshire village

Something else?

What's your fave warplane?

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By *lue Eyed JokerMan
20 weeks ago

Always on the move

"Something else?

What's your fave warplane?"

Vulcan

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By *hesbloke OP Man
20 weeks ago

Derbyshire village

"Something else?

What's your fave warplane?

Vulcan"

Incredible aircraft

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By (user no longer on site)
20 weeks ago

Vulcan then spitfire

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By *lue Eyed JokerMan
20 weeks ago

Always on the move

Seen one up close. Amazing machine. And HUGE

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By (user no longer on site)
20 weeks ago

Ohhhh best looking plane p51 Mustang

Best sounding spitfire but I do like a mitsubishi zero

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By *ershamMan
20 weeks ago

_ersham

Spitfire

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By *avexxMan
20 weeks ago

cheshire

spitfire

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By *rafter69Man
20 weeks ago

upminster

T6 Harvard-had my 2nd flight in one last month.

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By *hesbloke OP Man
20 weeks ago

Derbyshire village

"Seen one up close. Amazing machine. And HUGE"

Yeah, I've seen one at Duxford and also at Norwich, which we went on. On the ground, obviously.

Amazing.

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By *hubs101Man
20 weeks ago

West Midlands

Vulcan, spitfire, SR71

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By *hesbloke OP Man
20 weeks ago

Derbyshire village

"Ohhhh best looking plane p51 Mustang

Best sounding spitfire but I do like a mitsubishi zero "

A Mustang flew over my head the other day it was incredible.

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By *hesbloke OP Man
20 weeks ago

Derbyshire village

"Vulcan, spitfire, SR71"

If you can get to the IWM in Duxford it's a sight to behold, the blackbird is just too cool.

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By *hubs101Man
20 weeks ago

West Midlands

"Vulcan, spitfire, SR71

If you can get to the IWM in Duxford it's a sight to behold, the blackbird is just too cool."

I saw the Blackbird fly at the Mildenhall airshow many years ago

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By *revaunanceCouple
20 weeks ago

Exeter

We used to live near the Spitfire & Hurricane mueum in Thanet and the aircraft would regularly fly over for a display. The sound of Merlin engines is unforgetable.

However, for functionality and sheer lethality, there can only ever be the Harrier.

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By *ocksareoffMan
20 weeks ago

Out n About

ME109, Hurribird, P47 Jug, A-6 Intruder, Victor, Tonka. There's too many to choose.

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By *hesbloke OP Man
20 weeks ago

Derbyshire village

"Vulcan, spitfire, SR71

If you can get to the IWM in Duxford it's a sight to behold, the blackbird is just too cool.

I saw the Blackbird fly at the Mildenhall airshow many years ago

Woah that's amazing

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By *urry BlokeMan
20 weeks ago

Stalybridge

WW2 era

P-51 Mustang

P-47 Thunderbolt

Hawker Typhoon

De Havilland Mosquito

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By *r John WickMan
20 weeks ago

The Continental

Having flown on it….

Concorde.

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By *ickyKlungespeareMan
20 weeks ago

St Leonards

I always had a soft spot for the F-111.

It's a pretty thing to look at.

Just before it kills you.

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By *hubs101Man
20 weeks ago

West Midlands

"Having flown on it….

Concorde. "

Can't remember when Concorde was used for bombing runs

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By *ocksareoffMan
20 weeks ago

Out n About

"Having flown on it….

Concorde. "

Concorde = war plane?

EE lightning, an absolute monster of an aircraft that only ever shot one plane down during its service with the RAF.

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By *r John WickMan
20 weeks ago

The Continental

"Having flown on it….

Concorde.

Can't remember when Concorde was used for bombing runs

Oh yeah.

Didn’t see the rules.

Fuck rules

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By *r John WickMan
20 weeks ago

The Continental

The brute that is the A-10 Thunderbolt.

Nothing fucks enemies up quite like the ‘Hog.

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By *akHeartWoodMan
20 weeks ago

Crawley

Focker

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By *ocksareoffMan
20 weeks ago

Out n About

"Focker"

Which one?

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By *revaunanceCouple
20 weeks ago

Exeter

"Focker

Which one? "

That Focker over there!

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By *ocksareoffMan
20 weeks ago

Out n About

"Focker

Which one?

That Focker over there!"

Ba-dum-tush

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By *r John WickMan
20 weeks ago

The Continental

The baddass Martha Focker

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By *osey WalesMan
20 weeks ago

Surrey

Lancaster or Flying fortress

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By *onnatvsussexTV/TS
20 weeks ago

littlehampton

De Havilland Mosquito

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By *alhamCoupleCouple
20 weeks ago

London

"Something else?

What's your fave warplane?"

Spitfire and mosquito

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By *agatoXXXMan
20 weeks ago

Gone and completely forgotten.

Harrier. There is nothing like it.

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By *ocksareoffMan
20 weeks ago

Out n About

"De Havilland Mosquito"

Wooden wonder or the Beaufighter, tough choice?

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By *rgasmatron1970Man
20 weeks ago

Bromley

B-52 bomber

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By *ust another WonkoMan
20 weeks ago

here and there

Has to be the A10

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By *2000ManMan
20 weeks ago

Worthing

Spitfire. Built model for the man-cave.

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By *inxy777Woman
20 weeks ago

essex

Harrier.

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By *rgasmatron1970Man
20 weeks ago

Bromley

Any airfix model from the 70's

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By (user no longer on site)
20 weeks ago

Gosh the hurricane is something spectacular

I've sat in a couple of spitfire cockpits

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By *r John WickMan
20 weeks ago

The Continental

"Has to be the A10"

Excellent choice brother Wonko

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By *ecky and justCouple
20 weeks ago

Godalming

As wars tend to be won by attrition and things like Typhoon and F35* are all too expensive, affordable combat aircraft are the only way to survive.

If you can make 20 of yours to 1 of theirs, you’ll win.

Enter the brutish A10 and the beautiful Saab Grippen.

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By *arkus1812Man
20 weeks ago

Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands

Lancaster

Vulcan

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By *lank CanvasCouple
20 weeks ago

Belfast

"Lancaster or Flying fortress"

This, all day long.

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By *urry BlokeMan
20 weeks ago

Stalybridge

"Something else?

What's your fave warplane?

Vulcan

Incredible aircraft "

When I was a teenager, I was invited into the cockpit of a Vulcan by an ex pilot

He took me and my friend through a simulated mission

It was fascinating

One thing that sticks in my mind is that they weren't built for survivability - if something went wrong, the chance of the crew getting out was minimal - the cockpit blew off so the flight crew had the best chance of survival - the guys 'below deck' however, were pretty much 'attrition'

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By *eavilMan
20 weeks ago

Stalybridge

Boulton Paul Defiant - forgotten hero of the Battle of Britain

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By *iberius61Man
20 weeks ago

Pontefract

Mosquito. It really shouldn't have worked, but it did.

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By *ust another WonkoMan
20 weeks ago

here and there

"Has to be the A10

Excellent choice brother Wonko"

A lot of fighters have guns

This gun has wings.

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By *urry BlokeMan
20 weeks ago

Stalybridge

Let's not forget the unsung Douglas DC-3 (or C-47 to give it it's military designator)

Without this workhorse - some of which are still in commercial service to this day - the map of Europe may have looked very different

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By *hesbloke OP Man
20 weeks ago

Derbyshire village

"Has to be the A10

Excellent choice brother Wonko

A lot of fighters have guns

This gun has wings. "

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By *hesbloke OP Man
20 weeks ago

Derbyshire village

"Any airfix model from the 70's "

Some of those are very impressive that you see all painted up and such.

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By *r John WickMan
20 weeks ago

The Continental

"Any airfix model from the 70's

Some of those are very impressive that you see all painted up and such."

That’s my hobby, and I’m particularly good at it if I do say so myself

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By *lynJMan
20 weeks ago

Morden

Sopwith Camel

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By *uesdayTV/TS
20 weeks ago

bangor

"Mosquito. It really shouldn't have worked, but it did."
??

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By *iddlesticksMan
20 weeks ago

My nan’s spare room.

The Tornado GR1/4

Beautiful, fast, noisy, scary all in one.

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By *r John WickMan
20 weeks ago

The Continental

The AH-64E Apache.

Meanest, baddest, most kick ass machine ever devised.

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By *hesbloke OP Man
20 weeks ago

Derbyshire village

"Any airfix model from the 70's

Some of those are very impressive that you see all painted up and such.

That’s my hobby, and I’m particularly good at it if I do say so myself"

I've painted a few over the years, but with limited skill and varying quality results

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By *wisted999Man
20 weeks ago

North Bucks

Mosquito.

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By *oadsafun1960Man
20 weeks ago

Somerset & Hertfordshire

Vulcan

There's a fantastic Vulcan simulator at a company in Stockport if you ever want the ultimate experience of flying one.

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By *ormalMaleMan
20 weeks ago

near By

Volcano for the roar and the hurricane

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By *eebubbles76Man
20 weeks ago

Halifax

Sr71 what a machine.

Spitfire is just the sound of them.

I like the Hercules spectre gunship

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
20 weeks ago

The Town by The Cross

Sukhoi Su-35S

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By *laytonAMan
20 weeks ago

Newport

Harrier jump jet

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By *r John WickMan
20 weeks ago

The Continental

"Sukhoi Su-35S

Oooft. Now that’s a machine. Insane manoeuvring capabilities.

Saw one doing its thing at Paris Air Show.

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By *ornucopiaMan
20 weeks ago

Bexley

"Let's not forget the unsung Douglas DC-3 (or C-47 to give it it's military designator)

Without this workhorse - some of which are still in commercial service to this day - the map of Europe may have looked very different"

Did much of my early travelling on Dakotas. TB,TC,UD and YJ, all Jersey based. Much later went on a pleasure flight over London in one from Biggin Hill airshow but can't recall which it was,probably PO or PY workimg out of Coventry. Well worth the memory ride.

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By *iltsTSgirlTV/TS
20 weeks ago

chichester

Sopwith camel

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By *hilloutMan
20 weeks ago

All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest

If we're talking piston engined prop planes? Focke-Wulf FW 190. Beautiful plane and a feared adversary.

Jet fighter? Sukhoi SU-35. Sexy design and possibly the best current fighter in the world.

Bomber? Tupolev TU-160. Possibly the sexiest plane ever made.

Commercial aircraft? The Queen of the skies herself, Boeing 747

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By *ornucopiaMan
20 weeks ago

Bexley

Anyway, back to the topic of Spitfires, my father flew one with 234 squadron defending Portsmouth and Southampton during August 1940 so my loyalty is lies with that aircraft.

I see Spitfires almost daily at this time of the year, usually they come perving over Eureka's swimming pool, presumably using it as a landmark!

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By *cott73Man
20 weeks ago

brighton

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By *ormerWelshcouple2020Man
20 weeks ago

Stourbridge

Depends on the era,

The Fokker Triplane

SE5A

RE 8

Hurricane

Spitfire

P38

P51

Stormovic

Lancaster

ME109E

FW190

Mosquito

ME262

Then we move in to the Cold War.

B52

Hunter

Lightening

Vulcan Victor Valiant

Nimrod

TSR2

Mig15

Mig21

Too many more

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By *hilloutMan
20 weeks ago

All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest

"Anyway, back to the topic of Spitfires, my father flew one with 234 squadron defending Portsmouth and Southampton during August 1940 so my loyalty is lies with that aircraft.

I see Spitfires almost daily at this time of the year, usually they come perving over Eureka's swimming pool, presumably using it as a landmark!"

It is an iconic plane with a very distinct design

Definitely in my top 3 for piston engined prop planes. Love the sound it makes!

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By *cottish guy 555Man
20 weeks ago

London

Mention should be made of the Blackburn Skua. The first raf plane to shoot down an enemy plane in WWII.

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By *ister_ee_1981Man
20 weeks ago

Sunniest Exeter...

Having walked under one. B52 (that is a beast)

F14 Tomcat, obviously

SU 27, I saw one at an airshow. It went vertical, stopped dead in the air, fell backwards, turned and then zoomed off (imagine the first flight scene from Iron Man, but not as close to the ground!)

Loads others to mention being a airplane nerd

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By *ndycoinsMan
20 weeks ago

Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton,

Warthog.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
20 weeks ago

The Town by The Cross

"Sukhoi Su-35S

Oooft. Now that’s a machine. Insane manoeuvring capabilities.

Saw one doing its thing at Paris Air Show. "

Powerful. Surpassed only by the F22 in experts opinions ... not mine I just like the Rooaaaaarrrrrrrrrrr overhead

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By *ustyWoman
20 weeks ago

inverclyde

Vulcan, victor then spitfire my ex was a Victor pilot

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By *eavenNhellCouple
20 weeks ago

carrbrook stalybridge

"Warthog."
"brtttttttttttttttttt"

Has to be a mk1 spitfire at full chat

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By *r John WickMan
20 weeks ago

The Continental

"Sukhoi Su-35S

Oooft. Now that’s a machine. Insane manoeuvring capabilities.

Saw one doing its thing at Paris Air Show.

Powerful. Surpassed only by the F22 in experts opinions ... not mine I just like the Rooaaaaarrrrrrrrrrr overhead"

Jet noise, and the smell of burnt Avtur.

Perfick

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By *eavilMan
20 weeks ago

Stalybridge

"Mention should be made of the Blackburn Skua. The first raf plane to shoot down an enemy plane in WWII.

Fleet Air Arm not RAF

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By *MisschiefxTV/TS
20 weeks ago

London

Hurricanes are shit planes.

This is me being them, "ooh ooh I'm flying a hurricane, it's a shit plane, I'm rubbish and my mummy goes chippy in her slippers"

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By *obby69Man
20 weeks ago

Ipswich

Vulcan, worked on them for 5 years. Had a couple of flights in one.

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By *irtydevil666Man
20 weeks ago

bristol

Lancaster Bomber

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By *ickeyblueeyes7Man
20 weeks ago

newport

Lancaster bomber just the sound of those 4 Merlin engines is awe inspiring

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By *hilloutMan
20 weeks ago

All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest

"Having walked under one. B52 (that is a beast)

F14 Tomcat, obviously

SU 27, I saw one at an airshow. It went vertical, stopped dead in the air, fell backwards, turned and then zoomed off (imagine the first flight scene from Iron Man, but not as close to the ground!)

Loads others to mention being a airplane nerd

The famous Pugachev's cobra manoeuvre

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By (user no longer on site)
20 weeks ago

Spitfire, the roar of that Merlin engine....orgasmic.

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By *p4funCouple
20 weeks ago

Plymouth

Spitfire

Mosquito

P38 lightning

A10 Thunderbolt

English electric lightning

Can't pick one

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By (user no longer on site)
20 weeks ago

Sopwith Camel

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By *urry BlokeMan
20 weeks ago

Stalybridge

I am so glad that I am not the only Fab plane dork

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By *r John WickMan
20 weeks ago

The Continental

"I am so glad that I am not the only Fab plane dork

Dude, I could talk planes with anyone all day.

I love showing off my model collection.

Really enjoy spending time with other plane buffs.

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20 weeks ago

"I am so glad that I am not the only Fab plane dork

Dude, I could talk planes with anyone all day.

I love showing off my model collection.

Really enjoy spending time with other plane buffs. "

What do you build Mr Wick?

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By *r John WickMan
20 weeks ago

The Continental

"I am so glad that I am not the only Fab plane dork

Dude, I could talk planes with anyone all day.

I love showing off my model collection.

Really enjoy spending time with other plane buffs.

What do you build Mr Wick?"

1/32 scale modern jets.

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By *ndyb66Man
20 weeks ago

Doncaster

Curtiss P40 Warhawk, Tomahawk, Kittyhawk preferably with sharks teeth markings.

Better looking fighter than Hurricane or spitfire in my opinion.

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By (user no longer on site)
20 weeks ago

"I am so glad that I am not the only Fab plane dork

Dude, I could talk planes with anyone all day.

I love showing off my model collection.

Really enjoy spending time with other plane buffs.

What do you build Mr Wick?

1/32 scale modern jets."

Nice! I do a mix of scales, and all sorts. Ships, tanks, WW1 and 2 aircraft

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By *r John WickMan
20 weeks ago

The Continental

"I am so glad that I am not the only Fab plane dork

Dude, I could talk planes with anyone all day.

I love showing off my model collection.

Really enjoy spending time with other plane buffs.

What do you build Mr Wick?

1/32 scale modern jets.

Nice! I do a mix of scales, and all sorts. Ships, tanks, WW1 and 2 aircraft"

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By (user no longer on site)
20 weeks ago

The vulcan & the antonov 124.

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By *had_ThunderCockMan
20 weeks ago

a place somewhat adjacent to you…

"Something else?

What's your fave warplane?"

PBY 5, Catalina.

Also a fan of Sukhoi 27 Flanker, when that arrived on the scene, everyone sat up right!

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By *enegadeMMan
20 weeks ago

Oxfordshire

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By *ubikslongswordMan
20 weeks ago

East Grinstead

My favourite would be the Lancaster Bomber

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By *r John WickMan
20 weeks ago

The Continental

"I am so glad that I am not the only Fab plane dork

Dude, I could talk planes with anyone all day.

I love showing off my model collection.

Really enjoy spending time with other plane buffs.

What do you build Mr Wick?

1/32 scale modern jets.

Nice! I do a mix of scales, and all sorts. Ships, tanks, WW1 and 2 aircraft"

Modern stuff aside. I am currently working my way through the behemoth that is the 1/32 Lancaster

A 1m wingspan, and nearly the same in length.

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By (user no longer on site)
20 weeks ago

"I am so glad that I am not the only Fab plane dork

Dude, I could talk planes with anyone all day.

I love showing off my model collection.

Really enjoy spending time with other plane buffs.

What do you build Mr Wick?

1/32 scale modern jets.

Nice! I do a mix of scales, and all sorts. Ships, tanks, WW1 and 2 aircraft

Modern stuff aside. I am currently working my way through the behemoth that is the 1/32 Lancaster

A 1m wingspan, and nearly the same in length.

Ufff! I’ve been salivating over that kit for a long time, if I had the space and the funds

I did build Tamiya’s 1/48 Lanc many years ago, and that was a shelf hogger at that scale.

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By *i3p0Man
20 weeks ago

Elgin

"I am so glad that I am not the only Fab plane dork

Dude, I could talk planes with anyone all day.

I love showing off my model collection.

Really enjoy spending time with other plane buffs. "

I think we'd get on like a house on fire... 100s of Airfix kits ready to build, 10s already in build process at different stages. I'm also full-time RAF and a right old plane geek...

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By *r John WickMan
20 weeks ago

The Continental

"I am so glad that I am not the only Fab plane dork

Dude, I could talk planes with anyone all day.

I love showing off my model collection.

Really enjoy spending time with other plane buffs.

What do you build Mr Wick?

1/32 scale modern jets.

Nice! I do a mix of scales, and all sorts. Ships, tanks, WW1 and 2 aircraft

Modern stuff aside. I am currently working my way through the behemoth that is the 1/32 Lancaster

A 1m wingspan, and nearly the same in length.

Ufff! I’ve been salivating over that kit for a long time, if I had the space and the funds

I did build Tamiya’s 1/48 Lanc many years ago, and that was a shelf hogger at that scale."

It’s a truly spectacular kit.

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By *cottish guy 555Man
20 weeks ago

London

"Mention should be made of the Blackburn Skua. The first raf plane to shoot down an enemy plane in WWII.

Fleet Air Arm not RAF"

Absolutely, I stand corrected. And as we're talking of the Fleet air arm, we should mention the sea fury. Prop driven but shot down a jet in Korea.

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By *urry BlokeMan
20 weeks ago

Stalybridge

"I am so glad that I am not the only Fab plane dork

Dude, I could talk planes with anyone all day.

I love showing off my model collection.

Really enjoy spending time with other plane buffs. "

I admire your patience and skill for detail

I'm way too kak-handed for building models

I imagine it is very cathartic once you master the skills

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By *cottish guy 555Man
20 weeks ago

London

I thought about taking up model making. Haven't done it since I was a kid. But then I just thought about where they would go when I was finished them.

Do those that do it display them?

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By *aleunicorn500Man
20 weeks ago

Gloucester

Love anything so ahead of it's time. Definitely an F16 then. F117 nighthawk. And the daddy, the SR-71.

But love the sheer purposefulness of an A10 thunderbolt. Love an Apache helicopter for the same reason.

Have soft spot for C130 Hercules.

Sorry but the Typhoon leaves me a bit cold. Don't know why.

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By *r John WickMan
20 weeks ago

The Continental

"I thought about taking up model making. Haven't done it since I was a kid. But then I just thought about where they would go when I was finished them.

Do those that do it display them?

Yes

I have a big display case in my office at home, with all my completed builds in it.

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By *lder funCouple
20 weeks ago

tottenham

Stuka

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By *anSMan
20 weeks ago

Shrewsbury

"And the daddy, the SR-71.

But love the sheer purposefulness of an A10 thunderbolt. Love an Apache helicopter for the same reason.

Have soft spot for C130 Hercules.

Sorry but the Typhoon leaves me a bit cold. Don't know why. "

Much the same here although my all time favourite is a Vulcan, I went to the Swansea air show the year before its final flight and the presence it had was unrivalled by the other aircraft, the noise it made as the pilot opened the taps up was haunting too..

I just wish I saw it with my own eyes rather than watching it through the camcorder as I tried to capture it..

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By *coobyBoobyDooWoman
20 weeks ago

Markfield

I’ve seen a Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk up close and so apart from the stunning spitfire I think I owe my badge of favourite to the mighty stealths

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By *AJMLKTV/TS
20 weeks ago

Burley

Dassault Mirage. Possibly the most beautiful aircraft to have ever been built.

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By *r John WickMan
20 weeks ago

The Continental

"Dassault Mirage. Possibly the most beautiful aircraft to have ever been built.

Which variant?

The 2000C is a beauty from any angle you care to look. Ive got a great example built in my collection.

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By *asycouple1971Couple
20 weeks ago

midlands

SR71 . Nothing comes close.

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By *AJMLKTV/TS
20 weeks ago

Burley

"Dassault Mirage. Possibly the most beautiful aircraft to have ever been built.

Which variant?

The 2000C is a beauty from any angle you care to look. Ive got a great example built in my collection. "

Definitely the 2000.

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By *entBarryUKMan
20 weeks ago

Ashford

Spitfire

A10a

F117 stealth fighter

F4 Phantom 2

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By *cottish guy 555Man
20 weeks ago

London

"I thought about taking up model making. Haven't done it since I was a kid. But then I just thought about where they would go when I was finished them.

Do those that do it display them?

Yes

I have a big display case in my office at home, with all my completed builds in it. "

Sounds good. You should take a picture with it and post it.

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By *r John WickMan
20 weeks ago

The Continental

"I thought about taking up model making. Haven't done it since I was a kid. But then I just thought about where they would go when I was finished them.

Do those that do it display them?

Yes

I have a big display case in my office at home, with all my completed builds in it.

Sounds good. You should take a picture with it and post it.

Fab won’t allow it. There’s no people in the pics

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By *ansoffateMan
20 weeks ago

Sagittarius A

Based on when I played Flight Sims.. F16

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By *win2Man
20 weeks ago

Swindon

Mosquito was a great plane

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By *r John WickMan
20 weeks ago

The Continental

"Based on when I played Flight Sims.. F16

I ‘fly’ the F-16 & F-18 currently.

DCS World gives us awesome study level sim’s of both.

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
20 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

The Atlas Cheetah

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By *2000ManMan
20 weeks ago

Worthing

"Hurricanes are shit planes.

This is me being them, "ooh ooh I'm flying a hurricane, it's a shit plane, I'm rubbish and my mummy goes chippy in her slippers""

Slow and not the best handling but they could take punishment.

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By *ovetosuck30Man
20 weeks ago

Rossendale

"De Havilland Mosquito"

The Mosquito was a fantastic bit of kit

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By *ovetosuck30Man
20 weeks ago

Rossendale

Don't know if it helps anyone but it's the Southport airshow this weekend

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By *ansoffateMan
20 weeks ago

Sagittarius A

"Based on when I played Flight Sims.. F16

I ‘fly’ the F-16 & F-18 currently.

DCS World gives us awesome study level sim’s of both. "

It may be time to dust off my HOTAS.

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By *akedMMan
20 weeks ago

Witney

Saw the Vulcan at RIAT . A while later it was at Brize Norton I got by the fence at the bottom of the runway. They flew over and went off . They came back after a while and did their own air show fantastic before coming it to land . Got some good photos some with the bomb doors open

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By *ortySwitchMan
20 weeks ago

london

"Having flown on it….

Concorde.

Can't remember when Concorde was used for bombing runs

Well, one did hit a building complex in france that one time.....

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By *octor WhenMan
20 weeks ago

GLASGOW

Hawker Tempest

SR71 Blackbird

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By *ortySwitchMan
20 weeks ago

london

For the the Harrier beats all others. It look stunning, could take off and land vertically, and was extremely hard to fly. With no compters, it was all down to pilot skill.

Also, it appeared in the third best Bond movie ever.... True lies

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By (user no longer on site)
20 weeks ago

Love all planes but the b52 Crist it looks amazing

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By *ornucopiaMan
20 weeks ago

Bexley

"Hawker Tempest

SR71 Blackbird"

The Tempest and the Fury used to appear at shows as a duo and were always impressive climbers.

I guess they are long since retired but hopefully still in existence.

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By *anSMan
20 weeks ago

Shrewsbury

"Saw the Vulcan at RIAT . A while later it was at Brize Norton I got by the fence at the bottom of the runway. They flew over and went off . They came back after a while and did their own air show fantastic before coming it to land . Got some good photos some with the bomb doors open "

That sounds awesome, very jealous here..

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By *exsplorerWoman
20 weeks ago

Greenford

"Something else?

What's your fave warplane?"

Hercules C-130

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By *ornucopiaMan
20 weeks ago

Bexley

"Something else?

What's your fave warplane?

Hercules C-130"

There is something addictive about watching/ hearing them doing circuits at an airfield.

Same with their cousin, the Orion. It must be the engine sound.

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By *ackdaw52Man
20 weeks ago

Chesterfield

Classic - probably the Avenger.

Modern - A10. Brrrt!

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By *ildbillkidMan
20 weeks ago

where the road goes on forever

What was the " red barons" fokker tri- plane ?

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By (user no longer on site)
20 weeks ago

"What was the " red barons" fokker tri- plane ?"

Fokker Dr.1

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By *agatoXXXMan
20 weeks ago

Gone and completely forgotten.

"For the the Harrier beats all others. It look stunning, could take off and land vertically, and was extremely hard to fly. With no compters, it was all down to pilot skill.

Also, it appeared in the third best Bond movie ever.... True lies

No computers in the Gr1-3, VERY computerised from the Gr4 onwards.

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By *agatoXXXMan
20 weeks ago

Gone and completely forgotten.

"Sukhoi Su-35S

Oooft. Now that’s a machine. Insane manoeuvring capabilities.

Saw one doing its thing at Paris Air Show. "

Saw the "Russian Knights" team in Su-27s at Leuchars after the cold war took a break. Amazing display.

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By *4bimMan
20 weeks ago

Farnborough Hampshire

F117a nighthawk

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By *agatoXXXMan
20 weeks ago

Gone and completely forgotten.

"Hawker Tempest

SR71 Blackbird

The Tempest and the Fury used to appear at shows as a duo and were always impressive climbers.

I guess they are long since retired but hopefully still in existence."

There is only one airworthy Tempest at the moment, returned to flight in 2023. You may have seen a Fury & Sea Fury, which have both been around for a while.

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By *agatoXXXMan
20 weeks ago

Gone and completely forgotten.

"I thought about taking up model making. Haven't done it since I was a kid. But then I just thought about where they would go when I was finished them.

Do those that do it display them?

I decided to introduce my grandson to modelling when he showed an interest a few years back. He got more interested in another Xbox game half way through, and there are now two part built Spitfires, paints and glue in a box on top of the wardrobe.

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By *rNaughty84Man
20 weeks ago

Derby

Do like the mosquito. 633 squadron is a great book, and the recent Rowland white book on the mossy was a great read

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
20 weeks ago

Horsham

Sea Harrier

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